World Heritage Sites In Africa

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ETHIOPIA

• 1978: Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
• 1978: Simien National Park
• 1979: Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region

GHANA

• 1979: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

SENEGAL

• 1978: Island of Gorée

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

• 1979: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Angola

• 2017: Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo

Benin

• 2004: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

Botswana

• 2001: Tsodilo
• 2014: Okavango Delta

Chad

• 2016: Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Congo

• 2023: Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua

Cote d’Ivoire

• 1982: Taï National Park
• 2021: Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Democratic Republic Of Congo

• 1979: Virunga National Park
• 1980: Garamba National Park
• 1980: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• 1984: Salonga National Park

Eritrea

• 2017: Asmara: A Modernist African City

Ethiopia

• 1980: Aksum
• 1980: Lower Valley of the Awash
• 1980: Lower Valley of the Omo
• 1980: Tiya
• 2006: Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
• 2023: Bale Mountains National Park
• 2023: The Gedeo Cultural Landscape

Gambia

• 2003: Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites

Kenya

• 1997: Lake Turkana National Parks
• 1997: Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
• 2001: Lamu Old Town
• 2011: Fort Jesus, Mombasa
• 2011: Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
• 2018: Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site

Madagascar

• 1990: Andrefana Dry Forests
• 2007: Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Malawi

• 1984: Lake Malawi National Park

Mali

• 1988: Timbuktu

Mauritius

• 2006: Aapravasi Ghat
• 2006: Le Morne Cultural Landscape

Mozambique

• 1991: Island of Mozambique

Namibia

• 2007: Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
• 2013: Namib Sand Sea

Niger

• 2013: Historic Centre of Agadez

Nigeria

• 1999: Sukur Cultural Landscape
• 2005: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

Rwanda

• 2023: Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
• 2023: Nyungwe National Park

Senegal

• 2000: Island of Saint-Louis
• 2012: Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

Seychelles

• 1982: Aldabra Atoll
• 1983: Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

South Africa

• 1999: Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
• 1999: iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• 1999: Robben Island
• 2003: Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
• 2004: Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

Tanzania, United Republic of

• 1981: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
• 1981: Serengeti National Park
• 1982: Selous Game Reserve
• 1987: Kilimanjaro National Park
• 2000: Stone Town of Zanzibar

Togo

• 2004: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba *

Uganda

• 1994: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• 1994: Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• 2001: Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

Zambia

• 1989: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

• 1984: Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• 1986: Great Zimbabwe National Monument
• 1986: Khami Ruins National Monument
• 1989: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
• 2003: Matobo Hills